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George Mason University Violated Civil Rights Law With Illegal DEI Practices: Education Department

An investigation determined that the university president’s diversity initiatives contradicted his 2020 pledge to expunge “racist vestiges” from the campus.
George Mason University Violated Civil Rights Law With Illegal DEI Practices: Education Department
A stone and brick sign at the entrance to George Mason University's West Campus in Fairfax, Va., on Nov. 8, 2024. Shutterstock
Aaron Gifford
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The federal government has cited another higher learning institution for Civil Rights violations.

George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, illegally used race and “other immutable characteristics” in hiring and promoting employees, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced on Aug. 22.

Aaron Gifford
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.